2016 IBMA Award Nominees

At a press conference earlier this morning aired on SiriusXM’s Bluegrass Junction, the International Bluegrass Music Association announced the final nominees for their 2016 International Bluegrass Music Awards, along with this year’s Hall Of Fame Inductees and Distinguished Achievement Award recipients.

The winners will be announced during a gala awards presentation on September 29 at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, NC.

2016 Hall Of Fame Inductees

Clarence White
Bill Nowlin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Ken Irwin

2016 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipients

Bluegrass Unlimited magazine
Boston Bluegrass Union
Bill Emerson
Jim Rooney
SiriusXM Radio’s Bluegrass Junction

2016 International Bluegrass Music Award Nominations

Entertainer Of The Year

Balsam Range
The Del McCoury Band
The Earls of Leicester
Flatt Lonesome
The Gibson Brothers

Vocal Group Of The Year

Balsam Range
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
The Earls of Leicester
Flatt Lonesome
The Gibson Brothers

Instrumental Group Of The Year

The Earls of Leicester
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Punch Brothers
Sam Bush Band
The Travelin’ McCourys

Song Of The Year

Black River – Sierra Hull (artist), Sierra Hull (writer), Rounder Records
Long Way Down – The SteelDrivers (artist), Elizabeth Mala Hengber, Tammy Rogers King, and Jerry Salley (writers), Rounder Records
Radio – Steep Canyon Rangers (artist), Graham Paul Sharp (writer)
Thunder & Lightning – Lonesome River Band (artist), Adam Wright (writer), Mountain Home Music
You’re the One – Flatt Lonesome (artist), Dwight Yoakum (writer), Mountain Home Music

Album Of The Year

Bridging the Tradition – Lonesome River Band (artist), Mountain Home Music
It’s About Tyme – Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out (artist), Break A String
Runaway Train – Flatt Lonesome (artist), Mountain Home Music
The Muscle Shoals Recordings – The SteelDrivers (artist), Rounder Records (Label)
Weighted Mind – Sierra Hull (artist), Rounder Records (Label)

Gospel Recorded Performance Of The Year

All Dressed Up – Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers (artist), Sacred Memories (album), Rebel Records
In The Heat of the Fire – Flatt Lonesome (artist), Runaway Train (album), Mountain Home Music
Rocking of the Cradle – Lonesome River Band (artist), Bridging the Tradition (album), Mountain Home Music
The Savior Is Born – Becky Buller (artist), The Christmas 45 Vol. 1 (album), Dark Shadow Recording
Won’t You Come and Sing For Me – Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (artist), The Hazel and Alice Sessions (album), Spruce and Maple Music

Instrumental Recorded Performance Of The Year

Cazenovia Casanova – Frank Solivan with Sam Bush and Jerry Douglas (artist), Family, Friends & Heroes (album), Compass Records
Fireball – Special Consensus featuring Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley, and Alison Brown (artist), Long I Ride (album), Compass Records
Hogan’s Goat – The Boxcars (artist), Familiar with the Ground (album), Mountain Home Music
Hogan’s House of Music – Ron Block (artist), Hogan’s House of Music (album), Hogan’s House of Music
Smartville – Ron Block (artist), Hogan’s House of Music (album), Hogan’s House of Music

Recorded Event Of The Year

Fireball – Special Consensus featuring Rob Ickes, Trey Hensley, and Alison Brown (artist), Long I Ride (album), Compass Records
Highway 40 Blues – Special Consensus with Della Mae (artist), Long I Ride (album), Compass Records
In The Pines – Carl Jackson and Brad Paisley (artist) – Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisted (album), Birthplace of Country Music
Longneck Blues – Junior Sisk and Ronnie Bowman (artist), Poor Boy’s Pleasure (album), Mountain Fever
Pretty Woman – Frank Solivan with Del McCoury (artist), Family, Friends & Heroes (album), Compass Records